Rice cooker steps
Plug in the power supply, you want to choose the function directly press the function button, there is an indicator light to remind, choose to press the start button to work, porridge/soup, steaming/boiling function can only be used with the cooking time button set;
Rice cooker's automatic power-off device is a temperature-sensitive magnet steel switch, the rice is cooked, temperature When the rice is cooked, the temperature will be 100℃ and the temperature-sensitive magnet will be demagnetized and cut off the power. When the rice in the pot is not cooked into rice, water continues to boil, the temperature will not exceed 100 ℃, temperature-sensitive magnets will not be demagnetized;
The rice in the pot heat preservation for a long time, the upper layer of the dry hard, as long as in the cooking on the rice grains on a layer of clean gauze, you can avoid the dry layer;
Rice in the range of 25-40 ℃, the appropriate bacterial reproduction and spoilage. But the rice cooker insulation temperature control at 655 ℃, so it will not spoil. But timer type rice cooker, summer pot of raw rice stored for too long will emit a sour taste.
Rice cooker specific use
1. porridge. General rice cooker is no fire selection, if you want to cook porridge you have to control the size of the fire, the method is to leave a gap in the lid, but this will also make the porridge flavor run out. Intelligent version of the need to have a thin rice / porridge function, fill the water and put rice, the amount of rice according to their own preferences, like a little thicker put a little more, like a little thinner put a little less rice, generally 1.5 two or so appropriate, the water should not be more than the rice cooker 2/3, after the work is done, the computerized rice cooker will be jumped into standby mode.
2. Stir fry. Can a rice cooker stir-fry? The answer is yes, but the general rice cooker fire power is limited, the need to stir fry vegetables can not be fried with a rice cooker, even if barely made out of the taste and appearance of the dishes will not be too good, the other is the heat problem. The general rice cooker can fry vegetables, but the limitations are too great, I use this rice cooker fried dishes good, it has 6 boiling ring design, guiding the bubbles and heat flow evenly from the bottom upward out of the rice cooked more evenly heated, combined with the bottom and the waist of the dual-segment IH alternating heating, the formation of a 720-degree two-way tumbling, the fire and the heat is basically resolved OK.
3. See what others do cake, pizza, the heart itch, decided to try, the results are really can, due to this rice cooker heat more evenly, made compared to other rice cookers look and taste better, but must master the raw material ratio, or do out of the poor taste, the specific can be found on the Internet to find a way to make, according to step by step on it, I'm just like this out of the way. You can try
4. Steaming. Steaming is the strong point of the rice cooker, is also the biggest use of the rice cooker, but steaming out of the food may not feel the same, the key lies in the tool, to choose the uniform heat, fire control, temperature control accurate rice cooker, so that out of the rice is fragrant enough, there is also the amount of water retention of rice should be appropriate to control the standard gold water content of 62%, iodine blue test value of 52, the texture should be done! Fragrant, sweet, soft, glutinous, elastic, the appearance should be full, fluffy, crystal clear, which requires the apparatus to have an absolutely good, can not be on the market tens of dollars, hundreds of dollars of rice cooker can be done.
Tips for cooking with a rice cooker
On soup
The rice cooker does not have a choice of fire, most of the soup is a large fire to cook and turn a small fire to stew slowly, if you want to control the size of the fire, ordinary rice cookers can not be done, but you can choose to control the degree of boiling of the soup in the pot, the way to the lid will be left with a different size of the gap, the larger the gap the less violent the boiling, the disadvantage is that the heat cycle has changed, the quality of the soup and the ingredients in it will change, the cooking time has also changed, the evaporation of water will also increase, and even psychologically speaking the aroma also ran away. If you are not demanding, just want to drink nutritious, cooked soup, then all the above problems can be ignored, rice cooker cooking soup, no problem.
About stir-frying
Can rice cooker stir-fry? The answer is yes, but not all dishes. Rice cooker fire power is limited, those who need to high-fire stir-fry, rapid fire and fast stir-fry, sufficient moisture in the vegetables with a rice cooker to stir-fry is certainly not, although certainly can be fried, but the appearance and taste will not be good, rice cooker stir-fry is only applicable to those who are not too much fire power can be cooked and will not affect the appearance of the dish, stir-frying process even if the time is too long, the water out of the dish is not too much, as well as some of the second half of the course of the simmering stew with some of the soup cooked dishes.
In addition to the rice cooker due to the firepower is not big, but also very suitable for popping onions, ginger, garlic, chili will not be paste, but also suitable for sliding cooked shredded meat meat will not be old. In the process of stir-frying, it should be noted that sometimes it may be necessary to forcefully press and hold the heating button (it is recommended to avoid this situation as much as possible), sometimes it is necessary to extend the cooking time, and sometimes it is necessary to cover the lid and simmer for a while so that the heat cycle is accelerated.
About frying and cooking
There are many convenient ways to do frying and cooking with a rice cooker, for example, you don't need to worry about the food getting mushy because it will cut off the power automatically, and as long as there is enough oil, keep holding down the heating button and turn it over in time, the rice cooker can also fry good food and cook good pancakes. Especially non-stick rice cooker is definitely a good hand for pancakes. The disadvantage is that the middle of the bottom of the rice cooker is usually facing the heating motor, the middle of the bottom of the pan will be slightly higher than the surrounding area, pouring oil will naturally flow to the surrounding area, while the parts that really need to be fried are often in the center, the oil is not enough, but the temperature is higher than the surrounding area. This requires conforming to the time and law of the rice cooker cooking button jumps up, do not force to press, turn over in time, pick a good non-stick coating effect of the rice cooker in order to sidestep the problem of oil.
On baking and roasting
The downside is that the waiting time is very long, and you have to keep enduring this repetitive step of button jumping up, waiting, and pressing again, which is enough to wear one's patience down, although it makes your baked goods less mushy than pan baking, which is also an alternative baking. Also the appearance will definitely make a difference, the rice cooker only heats up the bottom, so we have to flip the food so that both sides are heated evenly, but the result will be that the food will lose its surface pattern and original color, and will look more like a branded thing, but the good thing is that the texture will maintain some of the character of the baked goods.
About Steaming
If the above four cooking methods are not the mainstream of the rice cooker's way of working, then steaming and cooking should always be the rice cooker's strong point, right? How can you also say that it produces a difference between steaming food and the traditional way? The key lies in the sealing. Rice cooker is a steamer, you can steam food, but this steamer and the pot and the lid of the sealing is not as good as a dedicated steamer and other pots and pans, poor sealing not only means that you may need to extend the cooking time, but also affects the quality of the food and taste, but compared to the above four types of cooking, it is indeed the most commonly used rice cooker and the most suitable for the use of the cooking method. For food that needs to be protected from water vapor, you may need to cover it with a layer of plastic wrap or wrap the lid of the rice cooker with a layer or two of saran wrap.